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From: Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.mobile.ipad,comp.sys.mac.advocacy
Subject: Re: Almost every app you have on the iPad will die; the iPad will
 become inert over time
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2025 09:58:54 -0400
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On 7/11/2025 4:43 PM, Marion wrote:
> On 11 Jul 2025 15:21:54 GMT, Jolly Roger wrote :
> 
> 
>> The apps still work
> 
> To JR's point, if he only owns iOS devices which are so old that
> they no longer receive OS updates, then, sure, if the app works now, it
> will work forever since it doesn't require anything in the new OS updates.
> 
> I just hope he doesn't put that old iOS device on the Internet, that's all.

You just revealed your ignorance for all to see.

"if the app works now, it will work forever"

Not true. App updates that require specific OS "or newer" versions leave 
old app versions stranded absent OS updates. Case in point. An elderly 
relative with poor eyesight had an old iPad, maybe a gen 3, used for 
accessing audio books via Libby. It was not receiving Libby updates. At 
some point about 3 years ago the outdated Libby app refused to connect 
to public libraries. She bought a newer iPad. Problem solved.

That old iPad still worked. It was connected to the internet any time it 
was turned on. Nothing bad happened to the iPad itself. It was the 
outdated app that failed.